A sofa dumped outside a phone box in Derby’s Osmaston Road has infuriated a local resident.

Karen Walsh, 63, feared the sofa, which blocked the entrance to the phone box and is precariously balanced, could have toppled into the road, or even onto people walking past.

Karen’s husband, Martyn Hill, took the picture on his way home from work at 2.30pm on Wednesday.

Mrs Walsh, of Osmaston Road, said: “I am outraged about it. It could have gone of two ways – it could have either fallen into the road, crushed a car and caused chaos or fallen onto the pavement and crushed a child.

This ‘dangerous’ sofa fly-tip in Osmaston has outraged a local resident. (Image: Martyn Hill)

“It’s so bizarre, it’s like something out of a YouTube video. If people are walking past with a pram and baby they have got to be very careful.

“I think it could have been someone close by that dumped the sofa, because you’re not going to walk very far with such a heavy item.

"No-one could even get into the phone box.

“Fly-tipping on Osmaston Road is a regular occurrence. People often leave black bin bags by the phone box as well.

"I am really surprised that I am the only one who has reported this, but it seems as though this is the new norm."